Fears of resurgence in Somali piracy after three vessels hijacked in a week (www.theguardian.com)
from Valuy@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 23:10
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EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 23:20 next collapse

If the United States can do it, then why not the Somalis?

witheyeandclaw@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 00:00 next collapse

Hell yeah get that cheddar

radiofreebc@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 00:16 next collapse

I used to work on a cruise ship that went through the Gulf of Aden many times. We always got paid extra, had to do piracy drills, and IDF forces came onboard and set up machine gun nests on our outer decks. Always a bizarre time.

Flagstaff@programming.dev on 30 Apr 01:26 next collapse

Did the guns ever have to be used (even in a bluffing manner)?

frongt@lemmy.zip on 30 Apr 04:29 collapse

Fun fact, a significant portion of the time, having such weapons is illegal wherever they’re going, so after leaving the pirate area and arriving in port, they just… throw the weapons overboard.

Pattylay@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 00:52 next collapse

WERE SO BACK

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 08:25 collapse

All we did was completely annihilate the local environment and industries they depended on to survive, why would they do this!?